Official Cup

Wallsend
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andy Carroll started the match with the kick off. Johnathan Blewett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dionisio Zubizarreta in the 7th minute of play. If Trevor Wells had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute, Manuel Zubiaga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Johnathan Blewett was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Johnathan Blewett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dionisio Zubizarreta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Edmunds was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 22 minutes into the match. 21 minutes into the game, one of Osfinch FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 23rd minute there was a penalty for Calaflores FC.. Dionisio Zubizarreta stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Johnathan Blewett. 0-2. Coronel Paredes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Felix Tuck took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Víctor Valdés. Víctor Valdés dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 30 minutes into the game, Coronel Paredes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Johnathan Blewett was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Johnathan Blewett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Coronel Paredes in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Dionisio Zubizarreta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Johnathan Blewett. Osfinch FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dionisio Zubizarreta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Coronel Paredes in the 41st minute of play forced Osfinch FC's goalkeeper Johnathan Blewett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johnathan Blewett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Zubiaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the match, Dionisio Zubizarreta notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of Osfinch FC's Johnathan Blewett. Johnathan Blewett was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Coronel Paredes to make the kick off. Dionisio Zubizarreta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Johnathan Blewett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osfinch FC's Johnathan Blewett proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Osfinch FC from getting a goal against them. Manuel Zubiaga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manuel Zubiaga got free with Johnathan Blewett in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the match, Dionisio Zubizarreta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Johnathan Blewett. Osfinch FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dionisio Zubizarreta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. Coronel Paredes struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Johnathan Blewett didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Calaflores FC.. In the 69th minute, Coronel Paredes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Calaflores FC. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-8. In the 74th minute, Calaflores FC.'s Coronel Paredes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-9. When Calaflores FC.'s Coronel Paredes in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Osfinch FC's goalie prevented a goal. Johnathan Blewett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionisio Zubizarreta in the 83rd minute of the match. Coronel Paredes was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 86th minute. Calaflores FC.'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Osfinch FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Coronel Paredes scored to the left of an out of position Johnathan Blewett, making the score, 1-11. 1-12 became the score in the 91st minute when Manuel Zubiaga elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Manuel Zubiaga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Johnathan Blewett having to interfere. Calaflores FC. played a much better game than Osfinch FC and deserved their victory. The Osfinch FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.